Central Ohio Workforce Leadership Academy

The Ohio Workforce Coalition (OWC), in partnership with the Greater Ohio Workforce Board (GOWB), will launch a second cohort of the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program’s local Workforce Leadership Academy in Delaware, Knox, and Licking Counties. The Academy brings leaders from across the Ohio workforce ecosystem together for a year-long series of retreats, workshops, and action learning projects, and provides a forum for local leaders to work collaboratively to identify local and regional systems-based challenges and create shared solutions for economic opportunity for all. Fellows work with leading practitioners throughout the country as they deepen networks; strengthen systems leadership skills; apply race, equity, and systems change frameworks to their work; and increase understanding of effective strategies and program.

Alumni of the Academy become part of the Aspen Institute’s Economic Opportunity Fellows Network, joining more than 370 alumni from 22 previous Academies in 17 cities in the US and Canada. The first Ohio cohort ran in 2023 in Cuyahoga County. For cohort two, Ohio Workforce Coalition is partnering with the Greater Ohio Workforce Board. GOWB is a local workforce area serving forty-three Ohio counties through OhioMeansJobs (OMJ) centers. GOWB Executive Director, John Trott serves on OWC’s Leadership Committee.

“GOWB shares OWC’s commitment to system thinking and capacity building. We are excited to bring this Academy to three counties that continue to work together to build stronger workforce systems.”

— John Trott, Executive Director, Greater Ohio Workforce Board